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Welcome to this blog about the English Language. My experience as a teacher of EFL for secondary students has provoked the creation of this blog. It will include extraordinary and useful resources for teachers and students of the foreign language. The language used in the blog will be the English language, and feel free to add any comment or contribution. Thank you!

11/11/08

These expressions are addressed to those teachers who are teaching their subject( Maths, Biology, Social Science...) in the English language. I will add more expressions and tips in the following days.

LESSON NUMBER 2:

Classroom Language: Simple instructions

Here are some common instructions which the class can easily understand:

A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session, and as the semester continues:

Pay attention, everybody.You need pencils/rulers.We'll learn how to ...Are you ready?Open your books at page ...Turn to page ...Look at acitivity five.Listen to this tape.Repeat after me.Again, please.Everybody ...you have five minutes to do this.Who's next?Like this, not like that.

A number of instructions can be used at the end of a session, and as the semester continues:

It's time to finish.Have you finsihed?Let's stop now.Stop now.Let's check the answers.Any questions?Collect your work please.Pack up your books.Are your desks tidy?Don't forget to bring your ... tomorrow.Instructions can also be sequenced:FirstNextAfter thatThenFinally

Comprehension language:

Are you ready?Are you with me?Are you OK?OK so far?Do you get it?Do you understand?Do you follow me?What did you say?One more time, please.Say it again, please.I don't understand.I don't get it.Like this?Is this OK?

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SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING TOO FAST. (E.A.Poe)

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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.Amos Bronson AlcottTeachers open the door. You enter by yourself.Chinese ProverbGood teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.Gail GodwinFor every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn--much.W. C. Sellar